Master Stephanus Concordance

Cross-Corpus Reconciliation Across Euclid, Elements, Proclus, Aristotle, Hoenen & Pacioli

This concordance reconciles every plato:* citation across the six sister repositories of the GEOMETOR Digital Scriptorium (36 canonical citation keys spanning 58 repository-level declarations and 63 apparatus files in geometor/euclid, geometor/elements, geometor/proclus, geometor/aristotle, geometor/hoenen, and geometor/pacioli) directly to synchronized Stephanus anchors in Loci Mathematici et Geometrici.

Primary Mathematical & Philosophical Loci (Staged Verbatim in Units I–VI)

Sister Citation Key

Sister Repos

Stephanus Locus

Codex Target

Mathematical & Noetic Context

plato:meno:76A

euclid, elements

75d–76a

Meno 75d–76a

Euclid Elements I, Defs. 13–14 & Proclus Friedlein 136–143: figure (schema) defined as limit of solid (stereou peras).

plato:meno

aristotle

80d–86c

Meno 80d–86c

Aristotle Anal. Post. I.1 (71a29) & Anal. Prior. II.21 (67a21): Meno’s paradox of inquiry resolved via universal vs. particular recognition.

plato:meno:81e-85d

proclus

81e–85d

Meno 81e–85d

Proclus In Euclidem Prologue I (Friedlein 45.15–46.3): mathematical recollection (anamnesis) awakened through diagrammatic discovery.

plato:meno:82b-85b

hoenen

82b–85b

Meno 82b–85b

Hoenen De Noetica Geometriae Cap. I & VII: intellectual insight (intuitus mentis) into the necessary nexus Q = 4 + 4 = 8 in the singular diagram.

plato:theaetetus

euclid, elements

147c–148b

Theaetetus 147c–148b

Euclid Elements Book X Introduction (Heath Vol. III, pp. 1–4): historical origin of the theory of irrationals in the Academy.

plato:theaetetus:147.d

euclid, elements

147d

Theaetetus 147d

Euclid Elements X, Defs. 1–4: commensurable in length (mekei) vs. commensurable in square/power only (dynamei).

plato:theaetetus:147D

euclid, elements

147d

Theaetetus 147d

Euclid Elements X.9 & Scholium: Theodorus’s individual proofs from 3 to 17 square feet generalized by Theaetetus.

plato:theaetetus:147.d.sqq

euclid, elements

147d–148b

Theaetetus 147d–148b

Euclid Elements VII, Defs. 16–19: plane, equilateral square (isos isakis), and oblong (promekes) numbers.

plato:theaetetus:147-e-148-b

euclid, elements

147e–148b

Theaetetus 147e–148b

Euclid Elements X.9: exact number-theoretic criterion for rational lengths (meke) vs. quadratic surds (dynameis).

plato:rep

euclid, elements

VI 509d–511e; VII 525a–534e

Republic VI 509d–511e; VII 525a–534e

Euclid Elements Vol. I Ch. IX: Plato’s philosophy of mathematical hypotheses, definitions, and deductive method.

plato:republic

aristotle

VI 509d–511e; VII 525a–534d

Republic VI 509d–511e; VII 525a–534d

Aristotle Metaphysics B.2, M.1–3 & Anal. Post. I.10: mathematical intermediates (ta mathematika), dianoia, and unhypothetical first principles.

plato:rep:VI.510b-511d

proclus

VI 510b–511d

Republic VI 510b–511d

Proclus In Euclidem Prologue I (Friedlein 10.15–11.25, 29.14–32.20): dianoia as the proper cognitive faculty of geometry between nous and opinion.

plato:rep:VI.510C

euclid, elements

VI 510c

Republic VI 510c

Euclid Elements I, Defs. 10–12: geometers hypothesize the odd and even, the figures, and the three species of angles (right, obtuse, acute).

plato:rep:VI.510c

hoenen

VI 510c–511a

Republic VI 510c–511a

Hoenen De Noetica Geometriae Cap. I: geometers use visible figures as images while reasoning about the square itself and the diagonal itself.

plato:rep:VII.525a-534e

proclus

VII 525a–534e

Republic VII 525a–534e

Proclus In Euclidem Prologue I (Friedlein 20.8–24.20, 35.17–42.8): the five mathematical sciences as the cathartic ascent to dialectic.

plato:rep:528.b.d

euclid, elements

VII 528b–d

Republic VII 528b–d

Euclid Elements Book XI Introduction: Plato’s programmatic critique of leaping from plane geometry to astronomy before cultivating 3D stereometry.

plato:rep:VII.532c

hoenen

VII 532c

Republic VII 532c

Hoenen De Noetica Geometriae: liberation of the eye of the soul from sensible shadows through mathematical arts.

plato:rep:VII.533c

hoenen

VII 533c

Republic VII 533c

Hoenen De Noetica Geometriae: geometry dreams about being so long as it leaves its hypotheses unmoved without ascending to the unhypothetical.

plato:timaeus:31c-36d

proclus

31c–36d

Timaeus 31c–36d

Proclus In Euclidem & In Timaeum: geometric analogia as the fairest cosmic bond and harmonic constitution of the World-Soul.

plato:timaeus:32-a-b

euclid, elements

32a–b

Timaeus 32a–b

Euclid Elements VIII.11–12: one mean proportional suffices between two square/plane numbers, whereas two means are required between solid cubes.

plato:timaeus:32-a-sqq

euclid, elements

32a–c

Timaeus 32a–c

Euclid Elements VIII.11–12 & V, Def. 9–10: duplicate and triplicate ratios of plane and solid numbers.

plato:timaeus:32.a.b

euclid, elements

32a–b

Timaeus 32a–b

Euclid Elements VIII.11–12: architectural necessity of four elements (fire, air, water, earth) from double geometric means.

plato:timaeus

euclid, elements, aristotle

31b–36d, 53c–56c

Timaeus 31b–36d, 53c–56c

Euclid Elements Book XIII & Aristotle De Caelo III.7–8 (306a1–307b18): resolution of elemental bodies into planar right triangles.

plato:timaeus:53c-56c

pacioli

53c–56c

Timaeus 53c–56c

Luca Pacioli De Divina Proportione (1509, 9 citations across Caps. V, XXV–LV): the five regular Platonic bodies assigned to fire, earth, air, water, and the cosmos.

plato:timaeus:54-d-e

euclid, elements

54d–e

Timaeus 54d–e

Euclid Elements XIII.13–17: six 1:sqrt(3):2 half-equilateral scalene triangles compose each equilateral cosmic face.

plato:parm:137E

euclid, elements

137e

Parmenides 137e

Euclid Elements I, Def. 4 & Def. 15: Plato’s optical definition of the straight line (‘middle blocks both extremes’) and equidistant circle.

plato:parmenides:137e

proclus

137e

Parmenides 137e

Proclus In Euclidem (Friedlein 109.21–110.16): commentary on Plato’s optical characterization of straightness vs. Euclid I, Def. 4.

plato:parm:145B

euclid, elements

145a–b

Parmenides 145a–b

Euclid Elements I, Defs. 13–14: figure (schema), beginning, middle equally distant from extremes, round, straight, or mixed.

plato:philebus:16c-26d

proclus

16c–26d

Philebus 16c–26d

Proclus In Euclidem Prologue I (Friedlein 5.18–7.12): Limit (peras) and Unlimited (apeiron) as supreme ontological principles of geometry.

plato:laws:817.e

euclid, elements

VII 817e–820d

Laws VII 817e–820d

Euclid Elements Book X & Book VII: three liberal mathematical sciences and the scandal of ignorance regarding incommensurable lengths, surfaces, and solids.

Peripheral Civic & Optical Loci (Catalogued in Critical Notes)

Six peripheral citations in Heath’s philological notes and Hoenen’s civic-number excursus fall outside the mathematical dialogues proper and are analyzed in the corresponding Critical Notes tracks:

Sister Citation Key

Sister Repos

Stephanus Locus

Scope & Analytical Note Location

plato:leges:737e-738b

hoenen

Laws V 737e–738b

Hoenen De Noetica Geometriae Cap. IV: civic number 5,040 (= 7!) divisible by every integer from 1 to 10 (59 proper divisors); analyzed in Unit III Notes. (Unit III — Republic VI–VII: The Divided Line, Dianoia & the Quadrivium — Critical Commentary & Notes)

plato:leges:738a

hoenen

Laws V 738a

Hoenen De Noetica Geometriae Cap. IV: Plato’s exact divisor theorem for 5,040 (divisible by 1..12 except 11, which divides 5,038); analyzed in Unit III Notes. (Unit III — Republic VI–VII: The Divided Line, Dianoia & the Quadrivium — Critical Commentary & Notes)

plato:laws:777D

euclid, elements

Laws VI 777d

Heath on Euclid Common Notion 3: Plato’s proverbial ‘if equals be added to unequals, the wholes remain unequal’; contextualized in Unit VI Notes. (Unit VI — Parmenides, Philebus & Laws VII: Straightness, Limit & Incommensurability — Critical Commentary & Notes)

plato:rep:417

euclid, elements

Republic III 416d–417b

Peripheral civic reference in Heath’s philological notes on terminology; outside mathematical curriculum. (Unit III — Republic VI–VII: The Divided Line, Dianoia & the Quadrivium — Critical Commentary & Notes)

plato:rep:X.602c

euclid, elements

Republic X 602c–603a

Heath on Optics & Measurement: bent-stick refraction illusion overcome by numbering, measuring, and weighing (metretike); analyzed in Unit VI Notes. (Unit VI — Parmenides, Philebus & Laws VII: Straightness, Limit & Incommensurability — Critical Commentary & Notes)

plato:sophist:235.d

euclid, elements

Sophist 235d–236c

Heath on Perspective Optics (scenographia): true symmetry (eikastike) vs. foreshortened optical appearance (phantastike); analyzed in Unit VI Notes. (Unit VI — Parmenides, Philebus & Laws VII: Straightness, Limit & Incommensurability — Critical Commentary & Notes)